So after upgrading to Windows 8 and after refreshing windows 8, I have been slowly re installing FSX and it's addons.
However with MCE I have run into a few issues.
My first problem was with disabling UAC, despite disabling it and restarting MCE installer still said to disable UAC. I solved this by running the installer in Windows XP compatibility. This issue cropped up again during first launch of MCE, fixed same way.
My second issue was I had to download the US english pack, 155mb at a paint drying 25kb/s later it was installed. No other problems.
However when I try and launch FSX after installing, FSX gives a fatal error and stops working. Deleting the FSinsider.dll or uninstalling MCE solves this problem.
The details from the fatal error message:
It occurs about 20s after FSX starts loading, just after you hear the MCE intro noises.
thanks in advance. This on win8 pro x64. Both FSX and MCE exe are set to run in winxp compatibility. I have changed them into both vista and 7 modes but no dice.
Cameron